highland

From Middle English hy laund, holond (“highland, upland”), from Old English hēahland (“highland”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauhaland, *hauhalandī; equivalent to high +‎ land. Cognate with Scots hieland (“highland”), Dutch hoogland (“highland”), German Hochland (“highland”), Danish højland (“highland”), Swedish högland (“highland”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.lənd/, /ˈhaɪ.lɪnd/

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• Hyphenation: high‧land
• Homophones: island (in aitch-dropping accents), Hyland
• Rhymes: -aɪlənd

highland (plural highlands)

2. A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.

   The highlands of the Swiss Alps are home to many unique flowers.

   Hypernym: land

   Near-synonyms: upland, upcountry

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